Racial supremacy groups have long been part of the societal fringe of all cultures that have encountered races other than their own. This is true of the history of the United States as well. From the colonial origins of the nation, to slavery, the antebellum, and the civil rights eras, groups founded on the precept of racial separation and control have operated within both the fringe and the mainstream of society. The most notable of such groups has been the Ku Klux Klan, which, in turn, helped to spawn the neo-Nazi or American Skinhead movement.
